Database Administrator

## Description

**Overall Responsibility:**

The Database Administrator is responsible for the administration, performance, integrity, availability, and security of enterprise database environments, with a primary focus on Microsoft SQL Server and Amazon Web Services (AWS) RDS platforms, including PostgreSQL.

This role supports the design, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of database systems that enable critical business applications, reporting, and operational processes. The position partners closely with infrastructure, development, and application support teams to ensure database platforms are reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned with business and technology requirements.

The Database Administrator also supports backup and recovery processes, disaster recovery readiness, patching, upgrades, automation, and documentation while promoting best practices in database operations and governance.

**This role is to be hired in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.**

**Duties:**

**Database Administration & Environment Management**

• Administer, configure, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server and AWS RDS environments supporting business-critical applications.
• Partner with cloud and infrastructure teams to support AWS database services, dependencies, and integrations.
• Maintain documentation for database architecture, configurations, standards, and operational procedures.

**Performance Monitoring, Optimization & Capacity Planning**

• Monitor database health, performance, capacity, and availability to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Perform database tuning, indexing, query analysis, and performance optimization.
• Evaluate database growth trends, storage utilization, and capacity planning needs for future scalability.

**Backup, Recovery & High Availability**

• Implement and manage backup, restore, and recovery strategies to ensure business continuity.
• Support disaster recovery planning, including testing, validation, and failover readiness.
• Maintain high-availability solutions such as Always On, replication, and related resilience mechanisms.

**Security, Compliance & Access Management**

• Implement and maintain database security standards, user access controls, and permission models.
• Ensure protection of sensitive information through least-privilege access and compliance with policies.
• Promote security best practices and adherence to operational and regulatory standards.

**Collaboration, Automation & Continuous Improvement**

• Collaborate with development and support teams to troubleshoot issues and optimize application performance.
• Plan and execute database migrations, upgrades, patching, and change management activities.
• Use scripting and automation to streamline administrative tasks and improve efficiency.
• Stay current on database technologies and promote continuous improvement across platforms.
• Perform additional duties and special projects aligned with infrastructure and data service priorities.

## Qualifications
**Education and Experience:**

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in database administration with strong hands-on responsibility for Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience supporting AWS RDS platforms, including SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL database administration activities.
• Experience with backup and recovery, database maintenance, patching, upgrades, migrations, and performance tuning in production environments.
• Strong experience with T-SQL, stored procedures, and database troubleshooting in support of both operational and reporting workloads.
• Working knowledge of monitoring, availability, disaster recovery, and database continuity concepts such as replication or Always On technologies.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as CloudWatch, IAM, EC2, or related cloud operations components is preferred.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, or automation tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation is a plus.
• Experience with additional database technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar relational database platforms is desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Database, Microsoft database certifications, or similar credentials are preferred.
• **Bilingual (Spanish/English) required**

**Skills:**

• Strong database administration skills across SQL Server environments, including configuration, monitoring, maintenance, backup/recovery, and performance tuning.
• Working knowledge of AWS RDS administration concepts and supporting services relevant to database operations in cloud environments.
• Strong T-SQL and database troubleshooting skills, including the ability to diagnose performance issues and support development teams effectively.
• Knowledge of database security concepts, role-based access controls, permissions management, and secure configuration practices.
• Understanding of high-availability, disaster recovery, backup validation, and operational resilience concepts for enterprise databases.
• Ability to automate administrative tasks using scripts and tools to improve efficiency, consistency, and operational reliability.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to respond effectively to incidents, root-cause issues, and operational demands.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document procedures and communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, support change processes, and work collaboratively with infrastructure, cloud, development, and support teams.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, operational discipline, security awareness, and delivery of stable, well-governed database services.